Pennsylvania

Steve McConnell

HONESDALE - The fate of a man accused of an alcohol-fueled all-terrain vehicle crash which killed a friend last year is in the hands of a jury today.

Closing statements were made late Wednesday afternoon in the case of Mark Renehan, 22, who allegedly was driving under the influence of alcohol when he rolled an ATV on the morning of July 5, 2009, instantly killing Jonathon Daniel Byram.

Valerie Waltz

EAST HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Lebanon County - A Grantville man is facing multiple charges after State Police say he fled on an ATV after they attempted to pull him over. It happened on Sunday around 4:30 in the morning along Route 443 between Park Drive and Harrison School Road in East Hanover Township. According to a news release, 45 year-old Scott Stouffer was riding east on Route 443 on an ATV when a Trooper attempted to pull him over. That's when Stouffer sped up and fled onto private property.

The trooper ordered Stouffer and his female passanger to stop, but they refused to obey the Trooper's orders.

Katie Weidenboerner

The Huston Township supervisors made no decision Tuesday about opening all township roads to all-terrain vehicle traffic.

"I say no. There's too many up in our area now," resident Ruth Gregori said. "They're on the highways and they're on the township roads."

A man riding an all-terrain-vehicle fled from an Allentown police officer Sunday, taunting him because he knew the officer couldn't maneuver his cruiser through the rough terrain, according to court records.

The officer was about to give up the chase when Christopher A. Vaz, of 809 N. Tacoma St., Allentown, got stuck on a rock near Keck Park and the officer arrested him, according to court records. Vaz, 27, was charged with fleeing, reckless endangerment and a slew of other charges.

Jennifer Mohan

An issue that has been debated for several years at Hilltown Township supervisors meetings was resolved Monday evening, when supervisors unanimously voted to adopt an ordinance regulating the use of recreational vehicles.

In what supervisors described as a "noise ordinance," the operation of all motorized dirt bikes, mini-bikes, ATVs, go-carts, and snowmobiles within the township will now be regulated.

Matt Hughes

PLYMOUTH – Police arrested the driver of an all-terrain vehicle who allegedly led police on a high-speed chase through the borough early Saturday morning.

Police said they encountered David Spencer, 29, of West Mountain Road, driving a black Honda ATV bearing no registration plate near the corner of West Main and Ransom streets at 1:40 a.m. Saturday.

Marcus Schneck

Everything from the 30-year-old mowing tractor to the 140,000-mile, AC-impaired pick-up truck seemed to be working fine today, so Steve Bernardi and his team of MacGyvers could concentrate on their core mission of developing and maintaining wildlife habitat.

Bernardi is a land management group supervisor and his team includes three crews of food and cover workers, who regularly double as mechanics and even inventors. They're all with the cash-tight Pennsylvania Game Commission and are familiar with jerry-rigging and repairing equipment.

John E. Usalis

FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - Several residents of the Butler Township village of Big Mine Run strongly voiced their complaints Tuesday against all-terrain vehicles producing excessive noise during the monthly meeting of the Butler Township supervisors.

The issues of noise and safety concerns involving ATVs and off-rode motorbikes were raised during supervisors' meetings about two years ago. The main complaints were the constant noise, particularly on weekends, when the recreational vehicles are in use in nearby Reading Anthracite mining areas, and ATVs driving on state and township highways, which is illegal.

Tony Nauroth

Woods Edge Road residents told township supervisors they're frustrated over noise and dust from neighbors' four-wheelers, jeeps, pickups and other off-road vehicles.

At Tuesday's township supervisors meeting, the supervisors recommended the dissatisfied folks talk over the problem with their neighbors.